We painted these and gave them as Mother's Day presents in my classroom. The kids (with varying artistic ability) all did a wonderful job. That's the great thing about these birdhouses. It doesn't really require that you know how to paint well. No matter how they're painted, they are beautiful when they're finished! We sprayed them with a shiny sealer at the end just so they'd last a little longer and we tied twine to the top to hang.
They did take about an hour to assemble all the wooden pieces, but I did that part the night before. ***By the way these are bigger and better than a lot of the other company's birdhouses out there.